Monday, June 11, 2007

A bit of good (or at least not bad) news

Brandon and I went to our 16-week checkup today. We were disappointed to not get another ultrasound, but our spirits were buoyed by being able to listen to the baby's heartbeat. The doc commented that the speed of the heart rate was 'boy-ish', but then dismissed her comment by saying that being able to tell the sex from the heart rate is mostly an old wives' tale. My blood pressure and rate of weight gain (about 3 pounds so far) are right in line with what they should be, and the results of the scary 'triple screen' blood test (which estimates the odds of the baby having a genetic disorder such as Down's Syndrome) were 'within normal limits', which was encouraging.

How is Gram? Please tell me they finally came and did the biopsy and will have the results very soon. Thanks Melissa for shedding some light on the medical terminology.

3 comments:

Peggy Wood said...

Glad to hear that things are progressing favorably. I presume that you will be waiting at least another 4 weeks to determine the gender of this most wonderful child. Just think - we had to wait until after delivery for such information!

They did the biopsy on Saturday, and as of this afternoon the results aren't in. They were giving her a blood transfusion this afternoon when I went to see her. She had me deliver a McDonald's vanilla shake which she'd been craving.

Our cookout went well yesterday. Tomorrow we'll be dining at Michele's. I'm planning to meet Pop at Ace when he gets off work at 4:00. Poor guy has to work on his birthday :(

You've gained 3 pounds? I can do that in one day. Way to go!

Mom

Peggy Wood said...

Peggy Wood said...

Glad to hear that things are progressing favorably. I presume that you will be waiting at least another 4 weeks to determine the gender of this most wonderful child. Just think - we had to wait until after delivery for such information!

They did the biopsy on Saturday, and as of this afternoon the results aren't in. They were giving her a blood transfusion this afternoon when I went to see her. She had me deliver a McDonald's vanilla shake which she'd been craving.

Our cookout went well yesterday. Tomorrow we'll be dining at Michele's. I'm planning to meet Pop at Ace when he gets off work at 4:00. Poor guy has to work on his birthday :(

You've gained 3 pounds? I can do that in one day. Way to go!

Mom

June 11, 2007 6:00 PM

Peggy Wood said...

EEK! I managed to post the same comment 3 times - twice as a comment, once as a blog.